case studies list for
cooperation

The city of Nantes encourages daily cultural and educational activities that
allow people to be themselves while strengthening social cohesion. Since 2009,
the city has been supporting artistic projects that involve people in creative
activities. Every year, about ten ‘shared productions’ are organised in each
district of the city. These allow access to culture for everyone, add value to
cultural diversity, and encourage local participation.

Hamburg, the second largest city in Germany, is home to around 1.8 million
inhabitants (2015). Around a third of them have a migrant background. Among
children, the respective ratio is 50%. Accordingly, the issue of immigration
and the integration of immigrants and their children is high on the policy
agenda of the city’s government.

Greece’s financial crisis has given rise to civil society initiatives aimed at
finding solutions to urban problems. The results of these efforts are worthy of
support by the local municipalities. SynAthina is a social innovation platform
set up by Athens in order to engage citizens in such reforms and to bring civil
society in contact and dialogue with the city’s administration and political
leaders.

Glasgow Council is changing the way it works internally and with external
organisations to make a greater difference to city life. By supporting
co-operatives and social enterprises and devolving power to local people, it is
finding effective and sustainable new ways of rising to economic and social
challenges.

Glasgow Council is changing the way it works internally and with external
organisations to make a greater difference to city life. By supporting
co-operatives and social enterprises and devolving power to local people, it is
finding effective and sustainable new ways of rising to economic and social
challenges.

Amsterdam has a vision to make local democracy more dynamic and interactive.
Starting small, it is learning from
pilot projects how best to mobilise citizens and enable participation in order
to develop a toolbox for collaboration
that will allow the scaling up of its open government approach.

Athens has seen the value of harnessing the active civil society that has
emerged during Greece’s financial and
social crisis. Its synAthina social innovation platform is facilitating novel
community-led solutions for local problems
and a new culture of public policy making.

The Hague is harnessing the commitment, time and skills of citizens to help
achieve its goal of becoming climate
neutral by 2040. Practical support and grants for cooperative action at
grassroots level are turning good ideas into
reality across the city.

The Hague is harnessing the commitment, time and skills of citizens to help
achieve its goal of becoming climate
neutral by 2040. Practical support and grants for cooperative action at
grassroots level are turning good ideas into
reality across the city.